The Prosperous Era of Longwan

The military formation marched neatly to the beat of the drums and approached the place where the Japanese pirates were lying. The shield hand would gently open a gap to the left and right, and a spear would be thrust out from the formation and pierce the fallen Japanese pirates fiercely. Whether he is dead or alive, he will be shot hard.

Intimidated by the momentum of the military formation, they could not find a position to attack in a short period of time. The Japanese pirates were quickly forced back step by step by the Ming army.

If it were a battle between two well-trained armies, the shields should have hit each other at this time, and the spearmen behind would stab each other between the shields. But what should they do when facing Japanese pirates who have not received battle formation training? ?

Arrows continued to fly out from the Ming army's formation, hitting or injuring the Japanese pirates in front of the formation. After retreating for more than ten steps, I don't know who took the lead, turned around and started running backwards. Soon, the Japanese pirates were in line. people followed suit.

Most of the Japanese pirates here are veterans who are used to fighting. They know that if they continue to stay in front of this Ming army, they have no way to make a move. If they stay in front, they can only be shot by the Ming army archers in the formation. It is better to escape back.

Just when some people in the Japanese pirate queue started to run back, the Japanese pirate leader behind the Japanese pirate queue spoke up, but instead of shouting for his brothers to rush up and chop these Ming army bastards to death, he asked them to retreat to the town. go.

With the boss's instructions, the Japanese pirates who had been hesitating before felt like they were being pardoned and turned around and fled.

When the Ming soldiers in the front row saw the Japanese pirates being beaten away, a few impatient soldiers immediately wanted to rush out of the military formation to pursue them. This was military merit. If they cut off the head, there would be a silver reward.

But before they could push away the people around them and rush forward, just for the simple act of trying to rush out, someone slapped them hard on the back with the back of a knife. Under the pain, these soldiers quickly reacted. .

During the training, I repeatedly mentioned that you can't mess around in the military formation, let alone run around. As long as you rush out, thinking about the situation when you were training by the river, you will definitely be pulled out to fight.

The military formation did not disperse to pursue the Japanese pirates as they fled. They still marched in unison to the beat of the small drum behind the formation.

After running a long way, the Japanese pirate leader looked back and found that the Ming army did not pursue them. They just beheaded all the Japanese pirates who jumped over the area. It was still the same military formation, and the gunmen had already stood in the military formation. On both wings of the formation, a military formation composed of more than 200 people continued to approach them.

"I'm so powerful. Where did the guards come from?"

The Japanese pirate leader cursed loudly.

"Chief, I think what the boss said is right. The imperial court still has elite soldiers, but they are not comparable to the guards here along the coast."

"Bah, labor and management know."

The Japanese pirate leader cursed, "Retreat to the village and take away the packed belongings. This Qiu Ba gang will be given an advantage."

The Japanese pirate leader saw that the opposing Ming army was in good shape, and now his own manpower had been reduced by less than half, while the other party had not suffered any losses. He knew that he could not continue to fight like this, and he had to run away first.

The previous group of Japanese pirates, who cares about their life and death at this time, they are not from their side anyway, they are just a group of people who came to their side temporarily.

Surrounded by so many Ming troops, even if you don't die, you will lose your skin.

After running back for a few steps, he turned around unwillingly and shouted at the Ming army formation that was still approaching them: "Follow me if you have the guts. When we get to Dinghai, I will show you what artillery is."

Through the soldiers' narration, Wu Dong, Wei Wencai and Wei Guangde learned how their father and the others fought the first and most dangerous battle in Zhejiang, and they felt very happy.

At this station, through the mouths of the soldiers, they have heard that the soldiers they trained can really fight.

Thinking about the tight military formation, they took two months of training with whips to make it barely visible.

But in the end, it was okay, and the Japanese pirates were scared away.

"Didn't the Japanese pirates ambush you in the villages and towns? And the main group of Japanese pirates, were they eliminated by the guard brigade?"

Wei Guangde was not as excited as Wu Dong and Wei Wencai when they heard that their soldiers had won the battle. Instead, he was thinking about the Japanese pirates retreating. If they ambush in the villages and towns, the soldiers from two hundred households would probably be enough for them to drink a pot. There are more than a hundred people.

Wei Guangde still knew very well about the two hundred households training outside the fort, so he went over to see them when he had nothing to do.

They are just looking at the military formation to bluff people, but it’s hard to say how effective they will be.

But one thing is that individual soldiers are really not good at fighting. Among the more than 200 people who can fight, there are only a dozen or so that can be seen, and they haven't lost their job of eating.

"That's not true. The master sent two people to follow us on horseback. We watched them take away more than ten carriages. Then we entered the village and found a lot of good things, hehe."

The soldier seemed to immediately think of the fortune he would make there, and a smile appeared on his face as he raised the corner of his mouth.

"Where are the people in town?"

Wei Guangde asked subconsciously, thinking that the Japanese pirates came into the town to steal things. Now that the Japanese pirates have escaped, how can you, as officers and soldiers, still steal things from the common people?

But what Wei Guangde didn't expect was that after he said these words, the smile on the soldier's face instantly disappeared and turned into a look of gritted teeth.

"It's so miserable to die. It's hard to say."

"Those Japanese pirates killed everyone?"

Wei Guangde was shocked and asked hurriedly.

"We haven't seen a single living soul in the town."

The soldier's words made Wei Guangde silent for a moment.

"How dare they massacre villages? Didn't they say that most of the Japanese pirates were Han?"

Wei Wencai asked loudly.

"They are all dead. After our people entered the town, the master ordered people to bury them all and put them to rest."

The soldier may have remembered those scenes at this moment, and said in a depressed mood.

"Where's the rest of the gang?"

Wu Dong closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then opened his eyes and asked.

"Most of them were wiped out. The remaining Japanese pirates may have seen that the people behind them did not come up to join them. It is said that they rushed out in one direction risking their lives, and finally broke through the Chuzhou Guards' military formation and rushed out. But most of them None of them ran away, they were all beheaded."

"And after that?"

Wu Dong no longer thought about that unlucky town, but became concerned about the subsequent war.

"After defeating the Japanese pirates, we met up with the brigade and then went to Cixi County. However, when we arrived, the Japanese pirates had already run away. The Japanese pirates in Cixi County were not defeated. After that, we temporarily stationed there until the news came two days later. After receiving the military order, he worked with Nanjing Jingying and other guards to regain Dinghai County.

That battle was very easy to fight. Seeing that we were outnumbered, the Japanese pirates did not engage in much fighting. They were all busy transporting the stolen goods, so we chased them directly to the seaside and made a small fortune along the way. fiscal.

However, most of the gold and silver were taken away by the Japanese pirates, and the rest were silk, tea and other items, which were difficult to carry with the army, so I was asked to ride back to report the news. "